What Ameritex Movers does

Ameritex Movers is a privately held Texas-based moving services company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, with operations spanning the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and expanding into Houston, Katy, and The Woodlands. The company provides residential, apartment, commercial, and long-distance relocation services, supplemented by ancillary offerings including professional packing and unpacking, loading and unloading, moving supplies, and specialty moves for pianos, safes, and seniors. The firm claims over 100,000 lifetime completed moves, a 95% word-of-mouth referral rate, a sub-1% damage claim ratio, 25 years of continuous operation, and a 4.6 Google rating across 1,269 reviews.

The business operates as a labor-driven service company with no proprietary technology platform or software product. Revenue is generated entirely through one-time transactional moving fees, priced either on an hourly basis or via flat-rate quotes structured as binding or "not to exceed" contracts. Customer acquisition is sales-led and direct-to-consumer, combining phone-based booking, an online quote and scheduling form, organic search presence, a $25 referral discount program, and direct partnerships with apartment communities offering discounted rates to residents. Distribution is regional with no franchise, reseller, or intermediary channels.

Ameritex is owned and operated by Mahnaz Khavari, who has served as President and CEO since 2001. The firm is bootstrapped with no disclosed external investment, parent company, or subsidiaries, and is registered as a Texas intrastate and interstate carrier under TXDMV and USDOT numbers. The company has been named among the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in the Dallas area for two consecutive years and recognized as a 2025 Houston Chronicle Best of the Best Mover. It maintains long-standing community partnerships with the Houston Food Bank, Children's Museum Houston, and Alief ISD, using these primarily for brand and community positioning rather than direct revenue generation.

Name

Ameritex Movers

Legal name

Ameritex Movers

Website

https://ameritexmovers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ameritex Movers is a privately held Texas-based moving services company, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Irving, that delivers residential, apartment, commercial, and long-distance relocations, plus specialty services such as piano, safe, and senior moves, to customers across the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metros.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Irving

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Moving Services: Ameritex Movers generates revenue through one-time moving service fees charged either on an hourly rate basis or as a flat rate quote. The company offers both 'not to exceed' contracts (maximum price with flexibility) and binding contracts (fixed price). Services include residential, commercial, apartment, long-distance moves, packing/unpacking, loading/unloading, and specialty item moving (pianos, safes).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Ameritex Movers provides local and long-distance moving services for residential, commercial, and apartment customers across Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Houston, Katy, and The Woodlands. The offering covers end-to-end relocation, including packing/unpacking, loading/unloading, transportation, and assembly/disassembly, with a dedicated Move Coordinator assigned to each job. Specialty services include piano and safe moving, senior relocations, and supply of moving boxes and materials.

Product overview

Ameritex Movers is a moving company offering a unified portfolio of relocation services rather than a software platform. The core offering consists of residential, apartment, commercial, and long-distance moving services, supplemented by ancillary services including loading/unloading, professional packing/unpacking, and moving supplies. Specialized services address niche needs including piano moving, safe moving, and senior relocations. Each service can be engaged independently or combined into a full-service moving package, with a dedicated Move Coordinator assigned to oversee the entire process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Movers

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Houston Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Ameritex Movers uses its fleet of trucks to make deliveries for the Houston Food Bank's Backpack Buddy Program, which supports food-insecure children. This partnership demonstrates the company's 'humans helping humans' ethos and commitment to community service beyond moving services. The partnership has been active since 2014.
• Children's Museum HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with the Children's Museum to develop engaging workshops that empower children to explore their potential as future architects and engineers. Ameritex Movers has created a trademarked initiative called 'Cardboard Couture' where children use recyclable cardboard to create costume structures, fostering creativity and promoting sustainability.
• Alief ISDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Alief Independent School District's after-school summer program to host 'Think Outside the Box: BoxBot Contest' where middle school students build robot designs from donated moving boxes. Ameritex Movers donated boxes and materials for the educational event.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Bellhop: Tech-enabled platform matching customers with local movers and labor. Represents a different (digital) GTM model that competes with Ameritex for local moving demand in DFW and other markets.
• PODS: Portable container moving and storage service with national footprint. Adjacent substitute for full-service local and long-distance moves, often used by self-directed customers who would otherwise consider Ameritex.

Direct peers

• Two Men and a Truck: National residential and commercial moving franchise with broad service offerings (local, long-distance, packing, specialty moves). Direct competitor to Ameritex in the residential local moving segment with similar franchise/agent structure.
• All My Sons Moving & Storage: Family-owned regional moving company offering residential, commercial, and long-distance moves with packing services, with strong Texas presence. Closely comparable in size, service mix, and go-to-market approach to Ameritex.
• College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving: Junk removal and moving franchise combining labor-intensive hauling and relocation services. Overlaps with Ameritex on residential and commercial moving, with similar full-service model and crew-based delivery.

Broad incumbents

• United Van Lines: Major national van line offering household goods moving across local and interstate. Overlaps directly with Ameritex's long-distance moving service and indirectly with local moves through affiliated agents.
• North American Van Lines: One of the largest interstate household goods carriers in the U.S. with an agent network. Competitor on long-distance moves for Ameritex, with broader scale and nationwide reach.
• Atlas Van Lines: National interstate mover with corporate and household goods services. Competes with Ameritex on long-distance and commercial relocations and brings corporate relocation program capabilities.

Others

• U-Haul: Self-service truck and trailer rental provider with nationwide network. Adjacent provider of moving equipment rather than a full-service mover, but competes at the low end of the moving customer journey.
• Penske Truck Rental: Truck and equipment rental company serving residential and commercial customers. Provides an alternative for DIY movers rather than full-service relocation, but influences category pricing and customer expectations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ameritexmoving
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC2Ax1fRgsB-39UrUbj9VGvg
• Facebookfacebook.com/AmeritexMoversDFW
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ameritex-movers
• Instagraminstagram.com/ameritexmovers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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